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Introduction

The objective of this guide is to present all information required to make the
experience of writing KDE documentation as easy as possible.
The next chapter gives some information about what skills you'll need for the task.
It is important to note that this guide is a joint effort of the KDE
English Documentation Team and the KDE Quality Team. You can ask for support
from both teams at any time.

The KDE English Documentation Team exists to
provide end-user documentation for the whole of KDE. It's a big task, but an
important one. Although KDE aims to be easy to use, not everything is obvious
without some help, and, in a project this big, even an experienced user
cannot know every corner of KDE.

The team is made up of people doing several different tasks:

Writing documentation for individual applications

Writing wider documentation for the whole of KDE (like the User Guide, or this document).

Proofreading and/or updating documentation to ensure that it is correct and up-to-date.

Contributors to all of these areas are always welcome. You can
choose the area you would like to contribute to, based on your skills
and what you enjoy doing. If you need any help with documentation issues,
do not hesitate to ask at the KDE Documentation mailing list, kde-doc-english@kde.org or on IRC in the channel #kde-docs on irc.freenode.net.